Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
A Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & Ernest Kafka
Edward Lear
Flora
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A Way of Life: The Collection of Barbara & Ernest Kafka
Edward Lear
London 1812 - 1888 San Remo
Flora
Watercolour over pencil on paper;
signed lower left: E Lear., dated lower right: 1831., inscribed with title lower centre
264 by 212 mm
sale, London, Christie's, 25 April 1995, lot 131,
where acquired by the late owners
During the early 1830s Lear was much preoccupied with the study of animals and birds. His most celebrated work in this area was his Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots which contained forty-two hand coloured lithographs after his watercolours.
For a similar watercolour of the same scale, date and style of inscription see Lear's Javanese Peacock, now held in the Houghton Library, Harvard University.1
1. V. Noakes, The Painter Edward Lear, London 1991, p. 33